Poverty effects on human age: Research Study

Shares

ISLAMABAD (APP): Sustained financial hardship early in life may put youngsters at risk of developing worse cognitive functions as well as premature ageing, a new study has found.

"Income is dynamic and individuals are likely to experience income changes and mobility especially between young adulthood and midlife," said lead investigator Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri from University of Miami .

Similar results were observed in persons with perceived financial difficulty, the researchers said in a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

For the study, the team examined the effects of sustained poverty and perceived financial difficulty on cognitive function in midlife using income data for about 3,400 adults in US, aged between 18 to 30, at the start of the study in 1985-86.